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Acceleration Options for Gifted Students: Maximizing Achievement, Skills, and Development

Explore various acceleration options for gifted students to maximize their achievement in basic skills, content beyond the prescribed curriculum, exposure to different fields of study, creative thinking, problem-solving abilities, and more. Understand the differences between acceleration and enrichment, and discover the advantages and considerations of each type of acceleration.

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Acceleration Options for Gifted Students: Maximizing Achievement, Skills, and Development

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  1. Chapter 5 Acceleration

  2. Curriculum Options for Gifted Students • Maximum Achievement in Basic Skills • Content Beyond the Prescribed Curriculum • Exposure to a Variety of Fields of Study • Student-selected Content • High Content Complexity • Experience in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving • Development of Thinking Skills • Development of Computer Skills • Affective Development • Development of Motivation

  3. Acceleration Versus Enrichment • Acceleration: moving through curriculum at a faster rate • Enrichment: exploring curriculum with greater depth and breadth • Acceleration involves the potential for advanced placement or credit

  4. Types of Acceleration • Early Admission to Kindergarten or First Grade • Grade Skipping • Subject-Specific • Early Admission to Middle or High School • Credit by Examination • College Courses in High School • Advanced Placement • Distance Learning • Telescoped Programs • Early Admission to College • Residential High Schools • International Baccalaureate • Talent Search Programs

  5. Early Admission to Kindergarten or First Grade Considerations Gender School of Entrance Receiving Teacher Family Values Asynchronous Development • Intellectual Precocity • Reading Readiness • Arithmetic Readiness • Social and Emotional Maturity • Health

  6. Grade Skipping • “Full Acceleration” or “Double Promotion” • Concerns • Missing Critical Skills • Usually not missing at all • Diagnostic Tests can find “holes” in knowledge • Social Adjustment • More comfortable with intellectual peers • Research concludes no difference in adjustment

  7. Subject-Specific Acceleration • “Partial Acceleration” • Requires • flexibility • long-term planning • Allows interactions with intellectual peers and age-mates

  8. Early Admission to Middle School or High School • Academic Advantage • Access to specialized higher school • Social Advantage • Transition to new school, new peer group

  9. Credit by Examination • College Level Examination Program (CLEP) • College Board • 36 Subject Areas • Exams without Classes • Credit awarded after enrollment at college

  10. College Courses in High School • Dual Enrollment • Classes at University while high school (or middle school) student • Credit for both University and High School

  11. Advanced Placement • College Board • High School Classes • Exam to receive University credit • 20 subject areas

  12. Distance Learning • Independent Study/Correspondence Courses/Computer Based • Students need self-motivation • Possibility of working in groups

  13. Telescoped Programs • Collapsing, for example, 4 years of academic work into 2 or 3 • Specialized Program OR • Careful choices of classes in high school • Careful planning

  14. Early Admission to College • Enter college early • Full-time basis • Varies depending on agreement between university and local high school

  15. Residential High Schools • Specialized schools • Sometimes on college campuses • Advanced Curriculum • Some critiques, and how programs have addressed those needs

  16. International Baccalaureate • International Program • Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programmes • Receive college credit for some IB courses

  17. Talent Search Programs • Identify 6th, 7th, and 8th grade talented students with SAT scores • Summer programs • Encouraged to pursue acceleration programs

  18. Summary • Acceleration Vs. Enrichment • Types of Acceleration • Advantages and Disadvantages of each type

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